[Rarebooks] FS: 1825 French Painter & Gilder's Manual

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Riffault, M.J. MANUEL THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DU PEINTRE EN BATIMENS, DU 
DOREUR ET DU VERNISSEUR.

Paris; Roret, Librairie: 1825.

An early French practical guide to painting interiors, gilding and 
varnishing/japanning with directions, recipes, etc. A scarce edition; 
although a heavily revised "Nouveau Manuel" went through several printings 
between 1843 and 1870, this original text has only one OCLC location, and 
that is for the 1826 printing. Hardcover. 3.5"x5.5", ii, errata sheet; 316 
pages; bound in period mottled calf with gilt chains; covers beat, spine 
covering missing; some light internal soil and a slight stain or two. 
[08599] $275.00

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